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June 11, 2014
Ask! Authors! Anything! Ep. 4: Gayle Forman
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May 21, 2014
April 25, 2014
Ask! Authors! Anything! Ep. 1: Sarah Dessen
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April 16, 2014
Ask! Authors! Anything! Ep. 2: Laurie Halse Anderson
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March 27, 2014
JESSICA DARLING’S IT LIST 2: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Friends, Foes & Faux Friends
PREORDER NOW! ON SALE SEPTEMBER 2014
Is it impossible for old elementary-school friends and new junior-high friends to all get along as just, you know, friends? Good or bad, that’s what I’m about to find out.
Jessica Darling is finally getting the hang of seventh grade! Hosting an epic slumber party might even help to make Jessica popular…but is that what she really wants? New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty’s It List series introduces readers to Jessica Darling, an unabashedly brainy seventh grader who tries to stay true to herself, even if it means being (totally not) cool.
March 14, 2014
Ask! Authors! Anything!
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I’m BEYOND EXCITED about my partnership with Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls at the Party as the host of a new web series called:
Ask! Authors! Anything!
Famous writers. Favorite books. And fangirling.
I’m serious about the fangirling. How serious? My first two guests are SARAH DESSEN and LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON. I KNOW, RIGHT? It might be too much YA awesomeness for me to handle. We’ll be joined by a lucky group of students from the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders. Jealous? Don’t be. You can get in on the conversation two ways:
1. Submit questions you’d like me to ask Sarah during our chat. You can do this on the brand spanking new Ask! Authors! Anything! Tumblr or tweet @meganmccafferty. Please get your questions to me by 9AM EST on Monday, March 24th.
2. Join in on the LIVE Google Hangout on Monday, March 24th from 1:30-2:30EST. (The sign up page isn’t ready just yet but will be very soon. I PROMISE.)
If you can’t join live, no worries. Highlight clips will be posted on the Smart Girls at the Party site. Finally, get in touch via megan@meganmccafferty.com, Twitter or Tumblr if you’re a teacher, librarian or bookseller interested in having your tween or teen book club featured in a future episode.
ASK! AUTHORS! ANYTHING!
Episode One: Sarah Dessen
Monday, March 24th 1:30-2:30EST
Episode Two: Laurie Halse Anderson
Monday, April 21st 1:30-2:30EST
November 8, 2013
JESSICA DARLING’S IT LIST Q&A Roundup!
They asked, I answered! Here are my favorite interviews about JESSICA DARLING’S IT LIST the middle grade prequel to SLOPPY FIRSTS on sale now.
School Library Journal ”Those ‘Darling’ Middle School Years”
“Whenever she’s gets close to figuring out middle school—BAM!—she’s hit with another ‘WHAT THE HECK?!’ moment. For Jessica Darling, growing up is a comedy of trials and many, many errors.”
Time For Kids ”Wits About Her”
“Jessica Darling is both an insider and an outsider. She notices things, she thinks too much, and sometimes she doesn’t think enough. She’s flawed and she makes mistakes, and I think it’s those mistakes that make her relatable.”
Publisher’s Weekly ”A Fresh Start for Jessica Darling”
“This series is for the 10 and up reader who is meeting Jessica Darling for the first time…I would love my older readers to read it and then give it to the tween in their lives and say, ‘Here’s this great girl, Jessica Darling. She was one of my favorites growing up and now you can read her, too.”
Forever Young Adult: Between Two Lockers Interview ”HRH Stops By FYA to Dish About Junior High Jessica Darling (& Marcus Flutie!)
“I’m inspired to write middle grade fiction by the tweens in my real life, including my son, his friends, my friends’ daughters, and my nieces. I also volunteer at my son’s school library so I hear first-hand what kids care about—in books and beyond. They remind me that their passions and preoccupations aren’t all that different than mine when I was their age. I keep that in mind as I’m writing. That’s it.”
Entertainment Weekly ”Check Out The Cover for Megan McCafferty’s Jessica Darling Prequel!”
“People have asked me if I saw myself continuing Jessica’s story and quite honestly I don’t. I don’t see myself writing beyond Perfect Fifths. I agree with you: I love the way that story ends; it’s exactly how I wanted it to be. But this is different: It’s deepening a story without messing with the ending.”
October 4, 2013
Events! Events! Events!
See me in person! Don’t miss my dramatic gestures and facial expressions.
Thursday, October 17th @7PM
Austin, TX
Details: Come see me, Lisi Harrison, Shannon Hale and Diana Lopez talk about our new books!
Saturday, October 19th 9:30AM-4:30PM
Houston, Texas
Details: A day devoted to celebrating books for readers 9-and-up! I’ll be signing books and answering questions and meeting and greeting and I don’t know what else but I’ll let you know when I do.
Saturday, November 2nd @TBD
Forever Fest: A Celebration of Girlie Pop Culture
Alamo Drafthouse, Austin, TX
Details: Join me and fellow Little, Brown authors Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan–more famously known as The Fug Girls and two of the funniest people I know–for a chat about books and pop culture and whatever else pops into our heads. Brought to the world by Sarah Pitre & Brandy Fons, this event sounded like such a total blast when I found out about it that I basically INVITED MYSELF to be a part of it. Please come so there can be Forever Fest, um, FOREVER.
September 18, 2013
Events! Events! Events!
Saturday, September 21st 11am-4pm
Princeton Public Library Children’s Book Festival
Details: Copies of JESSICA DARLING’S IT LIST will be on sale for me to sign for the tween (or tween-at-heart) in your life. I’ll be in the main tent reading an excerpt from the book from 11:30-11:40am but PLEASE drop by at any time to say hi, ask questions about being a writer, whatever. In addition to my books, I will also display my middle school yearbooks and give out authentic salt water taffy from the Berkeley Sweet Shop which tragically burned down in the Seaside Boardwalk fire. Seriously, it’s an amazing event with a bunch of fantastic authors and I would be there as a spectator even if I weren’t a participant.
Tuesday, September 24th 7PM EST/4PM PDT
Details: Join me and #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisi Harrison (PRETENDERS) LIVE as we talk about our new books, read from our teenage journals & answer whatever questions you come up with. It’s the next best thing to meeting me in person! RSVP here, or just pop up on the page to chat.
Saturday, October 19th 9:30AM-4:30PM
Houston, Texas
Details: A day devoted to celebrating books for readers 9-and-up! I’ll be signing books and answering questions and meeting and greeting and I don’t know what else but I’ll let you know when I do.
